Mich. Admin. Code R. 400.1915 - Indoor space; play equipment and materials
Rule 15.
(1) A
child care home shall provide not less than 35 square feet per child of safe,
usable, accessible indoor floor space, not including bathrooms and storage
areas.
(2) Only space that has
received prior approval for child use by the department may be used for child
care.
(3) A variety of easily
accessible activity choices must be available to a child that are safe and
appropriate for a child at his or her stage of development. The number of
choices must be based on the number of children who are permitted to attend the
licensed child care home. All of the following apply to activity choices
available:
(a) Materials may include, but are
not limited to, any of the following:
(i)
Books.
(ii) Art supplies.
(iii) Blocks and accessories.
(iv) Large muscle equipment.
(v) Manipulative toys.
(vi) Musical equipment.
(vii) Dramatic play materials.
(b) All materials and equipment
must be kept clean, free of hazards, and in good repair.
(c) Toys and other play equipment soiled by
secretion or excretion must be cleaned with soap and water, rinsed, and
sanitized before being used by a child.
(4) A licensee shall not use any equipment,
materials, or furnishings recalled or identified by the U.S. Consumer Product
Safety Commission as being hazardous. These products are identified on the
commissions website at http://www.cpsc.gov.
(5) As required by section 15 of the
children's product safety act, 2000 PA 219, MCL 722.1065, a licensee shall
conspicuously post in the child care home an updated copy of the list of
recalled or unsafe children's products that is provided by the department
through its Michigan Child Care Matters (MCCM) online newsletter and available
at the departments website www.michigan.gov/mccmatters.
(6) All children shall be protected from
materials that could be swallowed or present a choking hazard. Toys or objects
with removable parts less than 1 1/4 inches in diameter and less than 2 1/4
inches in length, as well as balls smaller than 1 - inches in diameter are
prohibited for children under 3 years of age.
(7) Trampolines and bounce houses must not be
used indoors by children in care.
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